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title: Penates
author: The Trustees of the British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11412/penates/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Penates

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## Image File

[![Penates](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11412.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/11412.jpg)

## Image Caption

[Roman](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Roman/) [bronze](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/bronze/) figure of one of the Penates. 1st-3rd century CE.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Museum, T. T. o. t. B. (2019, October 28). Penates. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11412/penates/>
### Chicago
Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Penates." *World History Encyclopedia*, October 28, 2019. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11412/penates/>.
### MLA
Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Penates." *World History Encyclopedia*, 28 Oct 2019, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/11412/penates/>.

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